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A Young's double slit experiment uses a monochromatic source. The shape of the interference fringes formed on a screen is

A

(a) Straight line

B

(b) Parabola

C

(c) Hyperbola

D

(d) Circle

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C
The interference fringes for two slits are hyperbolic.
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